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The weekly round-up

So whilst I've been swanning around the southern-most reaches of Western Australia, including goldfield towns with open-cut mines almost four kilometres long and WA's oldest settlement, quite a few things happened this week. They included: Olympus announcing [...]

Behind the Scenes of Power - Garry Winogrand

New York Times Magazine - Never seen photographs by Garry Winogrand, 1960 Democratic Convention… Behind the Scenes of Power Behind the Scenes of Power - The New York Times   " …  The prolific Winogrand, who died in 1984 at [...]

Team Leica publish book for charity

So, what do you do if you've got a big heart, an empty wallet (after buying that fancy Leica), and a lot of creative people in the same room? You create a book, of course, celebrating some of the most awesome photography by your users - and raise some money [...]

If you like a Leica…LOOK at this!

WOW! Ok, we all know that just below the surface, everyone wants an iPhone! The iPhone camera and all the imaging apps have become part of the fun of taking pictures. And for many it is the camera of choice. But if you want to have even more fun, you need to [...]

12 Great Vintage Cameras…

NOTICE:    THIS POSTING AS WELL AS ALL PHOTOGRAPHS AND GALLERY IMAGES ARE COPYRIGHT - © JOHN NEEL AND ARE NOT TO BE USED FOR ANY PUPOSE WITHOUT WRITTEN CONSENT FROM THE WRITER, THE PHOTOGRAPHER AND/OR PIXIQ. THE IDEAS EXPRESSED ARE THE PROPERTY [...]

The weekly round-up

Ooh it seems to have been a bit of a busy week. There's not so much in the way of news-news, but there are plenty of quirky links to keep you occupied whilst you're waiting for your gravy to thicken. Have fun! Firmware upgrades There's a firmware update for [...]

A Brief History Of Light & Photography: Part 3 of 3

The weekly round-up

Hello dearest readers. Welcome to the weekend, and to accompany it here is your digest of news from the photography world over the past week; some of it quirky, some of it odd, and some of it just stuff that you might need to know. Firmware upgrades Leica has [...]

Shooting Holiday Lights in HDR

Photograph © John Neel Here is a basic HDR technique for shooting holiday lights that works for me. To produce the image above, I used a Pentax DSLR with a Tamron 10-24 lens, a tripod, Photomatix Pro and Photoshop. I try to produce a natural looking [...]

My Daily Rag: The Family Viewfinder

The weekly round-up

So lovely readers, over the course of a week I can amass a pile of press releases concerning things that are vaguely interesting or important but don't warrant an entire article; release to the Twitterverse a stream of somewhat amusing or interesting links; [...]

Leica's most lush V-Lux 3

Leica's just unveiled its V-Lux 3, a camera that it's touting as being a viable alternative to an entry-level dSLR. Now the only way to tell that for real is holding the camera in your hands and looking the fruits of your labours, which you won't be able to do [...]

The Blackstone Group Acquires 44% of Leica Camera

 Leica Camera had a great 2010/2011 with sales of nearly 250 million Euros ($350M US) almost twice that of the previous year. This increase was due largely to the robust sales of Leica M and Leica S series cameras. It’s a far cry from the 1970s and [...]

Blueprinting: old methods to create new art techniques

Gallery: Leica M9-P in pictures

The internet is getting mighty excited about the new Leica M9-P, so I figured it was only fair that I chase up Leica and extort them for all the photos I can get my hands on. Above, you'll find a delicious gallery of photos of the new Leica M9. Lock up your [...]